Callisham Cross Campsite - Yelverton - Devon

Callisham Cross Campsite is owned and administered by the Scout Districts of Plymouth and is available for local and visiting Scout Groups. It is ideally situated as a Base Camp for exploring Dartmoor and is convenient for visits to Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall. The campsite affords magnificent views across Dartmoor. A nearby church all can provide alternative accommodation should emergency conditions occur during a Pack Holiday.

If you intend to go walking on Dartmoor a current Authorisation for Hillwalking is required.

Warden - Mr. W. Foster. 01752 705330

Cost - £0.85 per person

Location - Within the Dartmoor National Park. 1 mile SE of Yelverton and approximately 9.5 miles from Plymouth City Centre,

Map Reference - SX532 667

Access - Yelverton is on the A386 between Plymouth and Tavistock.

Facilities - The campsite consists of two large fields sheltered from the SW prevailing winds, and with a tap for water supply. There is an on-site facility for emptying chemical toilets, but these should be brought with you, or alternatively we have two toilet tents & two chemical toilets available for hire at a nominal fee.

Please ensure water stop-cock is switched off before departure.

It is recommended that cooking be by gas, paraffin or similar as firewood is extremely limited. Dead wood can be collected from adjoining woods but only in the marked off area. On no account may axes or saws be taken or used in the woods. The National Trust will prosecute any offenders. If a wood-fire should be used then a turf must be removed beforehand and replaced afterwards,

Postal Address whilst in camp-Plymouth Scout Campsite, Callisham Cross, Yelverton, Devon, PL2O 6P5.

All provisions including calor gas can be obtained at Yelverton - Co-op Supermarket, Butcher, Garage, Cafe, Restaurants, B & B, Newsagent, Post Office and Baker.

Public Transport : - The nearest British railway station is at Plymouth. There is a frequent Bus Service from Yelverton to Plymouth and Tavistock and a limited service to various Dartmoor location (Further information can be obtained from Plymouth City Bus on 01752 222221 or Western National on 01752 222555).

Medical Facilities -

• Doctor at Yelverton - 01822 852202
• Casualty Hospitals - Tavistock - 01822612233 & Plymouth (Derriford) - 01752 792511
• Dentist - Rock Dental Practice - 01822853344

Scout Contact - District Commissioner for West Devon -

Dartmoor Advisor - Mr Ron Bowles, 37 Reddicliff Close,
Plymstock, PL9 9QJ

Telephone - 01752 403778

(To whom all route cards should be submitted).

Water Activities - these may be arranged at the Water Activities Centre, Saltash Passage, Plymouth by contacting Mr Dennis Lown, 30 Furneaux Ave., Milehouse.

Plymouth, PL2 3HA. Telephone - 01752568128.

Churches - at Yelverton - St. Paul's Church of England / Catholic Church of the Holy Cross / Rock Methodist Church

Radio - Weather Forecasts and Dartmoor Firing Notices may be heard each morning (half-hourly) on Radio Devon on FM 103.4 or MW 855.

Dartmoor National Park : -

• Information Office, Tavistock Town Hall, 10am to 5pm - open from the end of March to the end of October.
• High Moorland Visitor Centre, Princetown - open all year round.
• Park Headquarters - Bovey Tracey - 01626 832093

See the granite Memorial, near Leg o'Mutton Corner, to those that served at the RAF Station, Harrowbeer. Also the remains of the airfield.